Discovery of a Potent and Selective PI3Kδ Inhibitor ()-2,4-Diamino-6-((1-(7-fluoro-1-(4-fluorophenyl)-4-oxo-3-phenyl-4-quinolizin-2-yl)ethyl)amino)pyrimidine-5-carbonitrile with Improved Pharmacokinetic Profile and Superior Efficacy in Hematological Cancer Models.
Manojkumar R Shukla: Novel Drug Discovery and Development, Lupin Ltd., Lupin Research Park, Survey No. 46 A/47A, Village Nande, Taluka Mulshi, Pune 412115, India. ORCID
Sukanya Patra: Novel Drug Discovery and Development, Lupin Ltd., Lupin Research Park, Survey No. 46 A/47A, Village Nande, Taluka Mulshi, Pune 412115, India.
Mahip Verma: Novel Drug Discovery and Development, Lupin Ltd., Lupin Research Park, Survey No. 46 A/47A, Village Nande, Taluka Mulshi, Pune 412115, India.
Gayathri Sadasivam: Novel Drug Discovery and Development, Lupin Ltd., Lupin Research Park, Survey No. 46 A/47A, Village Nande, Taluka Mulshi, Pune 412115, India.
Nirmal Jana: Novel Drug Discovery and Development, Lupin Ltd., Lupin Research Park, Survey No. 46 A/47A, Village Nande, Taluka Mulshi, Pune 412115, India.
Sachin J Mahangare: Novel Drug Discovery and Development, Lupin Ltd., Lupin Research Park, Survey No. 46 A/47A, Village Nande, Taluka Mulshi, Pune 412115, India.
Prashant Vidhate: Novel Drug Discovery and Development, Lupin Ltd., Lupin Research Park, Survey No. 46 A/47A, Village Nande, Taluka Mulshi, Pune 412115, India.
Dipak Lagad: Novel Drug Discovery and Development, Lupin Ltd., Lupin Research Park, Survey No. 46 A/47A, Village Nande, Taluka Mulshi, Pune 412115, India.
Anand Tarage: Novel Drug Discovery and Development, Lupin Ltd., Lupin Research Park, Survey No. 46 A/47A, Village Nande, Taluka Mulshi, Pune 412115, India.
Murthy Cheemala: Novel Drug Discovery and Development, Lupin Ltd., Lupin Research Park, Survey No. 46 A/47A, Village Nande, Taluka Mulshi, Pune 412115, India.
Chaitanya Kulkarni: Novel Drug Discovery and Development, Lupin Ltd., Lupin Research Park, Survey No. 46 A/47A, Village Nande, Taluka Mulshi, Pune 412115, India.
Shankar Bhagwat: Novel Drug Discovery and Development, Lupin Ltd., Lupin Research Park, Survey No. 46 A/47A, Village Nande, Taluka Mulshi, Pune 412115, India.
Vinod D Chaudhari: Novel Drug Discovery and Development, Lupin Ltd., Lupin Research Park, Survey No. 46 A/47A, Village Nande, Taluka Mulshi, Pune 412115, India.
Majid Sayyed: Novel Drug Discovery and Development, Lupin Ltd., Lupin Research Park, Survey No. 46 A/47A, Village Nande, Taluka Mulshi, Pune 412115, India.
Vipul Pachpute: Novel Drug Discovery and Development, Lupin Ltd., Lupin Research Park, Survey No. 46 A/47A, Village Nande, Taluka Mulshi, Pune 412115, India.
Ramesh Phadtare: Novel Drug Discovery and Development, Lupin Ltd., Lupin Research Park, Survey No. 46 A/47A, Village Nande, Taluka Mulshi, Pune 412115, India.
Gopal Gole: Novel Drug Discovery and Development, Lupin Ltd., Lupin Research Park, Survey No. 46 A/47A, Village Nande, Taluka Mulshi, Pune 412115, India.
Samiron Phukan: Novel Drug Discovery and Development, Lupin Ltd., Lupin Research Park, Survey No. 46 A/47A, Village Nande, Taluka Mulshi, Pune 412115, India.
Brahmam Sunkara: Novel Drug Discovery and Development, Lupin Ltd., Lupin Research Park, Survey No. 46 A/47A, Village Nande, Taluka Mulshi, Pune 412115, India.
Charudatt Samant: Novel Drug Discovery and Development, Lupin Ltd., Lupin Research Park, Survey No. 46 A/47A, Village Nande, Taluka Mulshi, Pune 412115, India.
Manisha Shingare: Novel Drug Discovery and Development, Lupin Ltd., Lupin Research Park, Survey No. 46 A/47A, Village Nande, Taluka Mulshi, Pune 412115, India.
Aditya Naik: Novel Drug Discovery and Development, Lupin Ltd., Lupin Research Park, Survey No. 46 A/47A, Village Nande, Taluka Mulshi, Pune 412115, India.
Sneha Trivedi: Novel Drug Discovery and Development, Lupin Ltd., Lupin Research Park, Survey No. 46 A/47A, Village Nande, Taluka Mulshi, Pune 412115, India.
Ajit Kumar Marisetti: Novel Drug Discovery and Development, Lupin Ltd., Lupin Research Park, Survey No. 46 A/47A, Village Nande, Taluka Mulshi, Pune 412115, India.
Madhusudhan Reddy: Novel Drug Discovery and Development, Lupin Ltd., Lupin Research Park, Survey No. 46 A/47A, Village Nande, Taluka Mulshi, Pune 412115, India.
Milind Gholve: Novel Drug Discovery and Development, Lupin Ltd., Lupin Research Park, Survey No. 46 A/47A, Village Nande, Taluka Mulshi, Pune 412115, India.
Nilesh Mahajan: Novel Drug Discovery and Development, Lupin Ltd., Lupin Research Park, Survey No. 46 A/47A, Village Nande, Taluka Mulshi, Pune 412115, India.
Sudeep Sabde: Novel Drug Discovery and Development, Lupin Ltd., Lupin Research Park, Survey No. 46 A/47A, Village Nande, Taluka Mulshi, Pune 412115, India.
Vinod Patil: Novel Drug Discovery and Development, Lupin Ltd., Lupin Research Park, Survey No. 46 A/47A, Village Nande, Taluka Mulshi, Pune 412115, India.
Dipak Modi: Novel Drug Discovery and Development, Lupin Ltd., Lupin Research Park, Survey No. 46 A/47A, Village Nande, Taluka Mulshi, Pune 412115, India.
Maneesh Mehta: Novel Drug Discovery and Development, Lupin Ltd., Lupin Research Park, Survey No. 46 A/47A, Village Nande, Taluka Mulshi, Pune 412115, India.
Prashant Nigade: Novel Drug Discovery and Development, Lupin Ltd., Lupin Research Park, Survey No. 46 A/47A, Village Nande, Taluka Mulshi, Pune 412115, India.
Kaustubh Tamane: Novel Drug Discovery and Development, Lupin Ltd., Lupin Research Park, Survey No. 46 A/47A, Village Nande, Taluka Mulshi, Pune 412115, India.
Swati Tota: Novel Drug Discovery and Development, Lupin Ltd., Lupin Research Park, Survey No. 46 A/47A, Village Nande, Taluka Mulshi, Pune 412115, India.
Hemant Goyal: Novel Drug Discovery and Development, Lupin Ltd., Lupin Research Park, Survey No. 46 A/47A, Village Nande, Taluka Mulshi, Pune 412115, India.
Harish Volam: Novel Drug Discovery and Development, Lupin Ltd., Lupin Research Park, Survey No. 46 A/47A, Village Nande, Taluka Mulshi, Pune 412115, India.
Shashikant Pawar: Novel Drug Discovery and Development, Lupin Ltd., Lupin Research Park, Survey No. 46 A/47A, Village Nande, Taluka Mulshi, Pune 412115, India.
Prajakta Ahirrao: Novel Drug Discovery and Development, Lupin Ltd., Lupin Research Park, Survey No. 46 A/47A, Village Nande, Taluka Mulshi, Pune 412115, India.
Lal Dinchhana: Novel Drug Discovery and Development, Lupin Ltd., Lupin Research Park, Survey No. 46 A/47A, Village Nande, Taluka Mulshi, Pune 412115, India.
Sadanand Mallurwar: Novel Drug Discovery and Development, Lupin Ltd., Lupin Research Park, Survey No. 46 A/47A, Village Nande, Taluka Mulshi, Pune 412115, India.
Atul Akarte: Novel Drug Discovery and Development, Lupin Ltd., Lupin Research Park, Survey No. 46 A/47A, Village Nande, Taluka Mulshi, Pune 412115, India.
Anand Bokare: Novel Drug Discovery and Development, Lupin Ltd., Lupin Research Park, Survey No. 46 A/47A, Village Nande, Taluka Mulshi, Pune 412115, India.
Rupesh Kanhere: Novel Drug Discovery and Development, Lupin Ltd., Lupin Research Park, Survey No. 46 A/47A, Village Nande, Taluka Mulshi, Pune 412115, India.
Neetinkumar Reddy: Novel Drug Discovery and Development, Lupin Ltd., Lupin Research Park, Survey No. 46 A/47A, Village Nande, Taluka Mulshi, Pune 412115, India.
Sarita Koul: Novel Drug Discovery and Development, Lupin Ltd., Lupin Research Park, Survey No. 46 A/47A, Village Nande, Taluka Mulshi, Pune 412115, India.
Manoj Dandekar: Novel Drug Discovery and Development, Lupin Ltd., Lupin Research Park, Survey No. 46 A/47A, Village Nande, Taluka Mulshi, Pune 412115, India.
Minakshi Singh: Novel Drug Discovery and Development, Lupin Ltd., Lupin Research Park, Survey No. 46 A/47A, Village Nande, Taluka Mulshi, Pune 412115, India.
Peter R Bernstein: Novel Drug Discovery and Development, Lupin Ltd., Lupin Research Park, Survey No. 46 A/47A, Village Nande, Taluka Mulshi, Pune 412115, India. ORCID
Lakshmi Narasimham: Novel Drug Discovery and Development, Lupin Ltd., Lupin Research Park, Survey No. 46 A/47A, Village Nande, Taluka Mulshi, Pune 412115, India.
Mandar Bhonde: Novel Drug Discovery and Development, Lupin Ltd., Lupin Research Park, Survey No. 46 A/47A, Village Nande, Taluka Mulshi, Pune 412115, India.
Jayasagar Gundu: Novel Drug Discovery and Development, Lupin Ltd., Lupin Research Park, Survey No. 46 A/47A, Village Nande, Taluka Mulshi, Pune 412115, India.
Rajan Goel: Novel Drug Discovery and Development, Lupin Ltd., Lupin Research Park, Survey No. 46 A/47A, Village Nande, Taluka Mulshi, Pune 412115, India.
Sanjeev Kulkarni: Novel Drug Discovery and Development, Lupin Ltd., Lupin Research Park, Survey No. 46 A/47A, Village Nande, Taluka Mulshi, Pune 412115, India.
Sharad Sharma: Novel Drug Discovery and Development, Lupin Ltd., Lupin Research Park, Survey No. 46 A/47A, Village Nande, Taluka Mulshi, Pune 412115, India.
Rajender Kumar Kamboj: Novel Drug Discovery and Development, Lupin Ltd., Lupin Research Park, Survey No. 46 A/47A, Village Nande, Taluka Mulshi, Pune 412115, India.
Venkata P Palle: Novel Drug Discovery and Development, Lupin Ltd., Lupin Research Park, Survey No. 46 A/47A, Village Nande, Taluka Mulshi, Pune 412115, India.
PI3Kδ inhibitors have been approved for B-cell malignancies like CLL, small lymphocytic lymphoma, and so forth. However, currently available PI3Kδ inhibitors are nonoptimal, showing weakness against at least one of the several important properties: potency, isoform selectivity, and/or pharmacokinetic profile. To come up with a PI3Kδ inhibitor that overcomes all these deficiencies, a pharmacophoric expansion strategy was employed. Herein, we describe a systematic transformation of a "three-blade propeller" shaped lead, 2,3-disubstituted quinolizinone , through a 1,2-disubstituted quinolizinone to a novel "four-blade propeller" shaped 1,2,3-trisubstituted quinolizinone . Compound has excellent potency, isoform selectivity, metabolic stability across species, and exhibited a favorable pharmacokinetic profile. Compound also demonstrated a differentiated efficacy profile in human germinal center B and activated B cell-DLBCL cell lines and xenograft models. Compound qualifies for further evaluation as a candidate for monotherapy or in combination with other targeted agents in DLBCLs and other forms of iNHL.